By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-05 19:17:10 | Updated at 2024-11-06 00:14:26
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Queen Camilla, the wife of Britain’s head of state King Charles, has been forced to postpone her engagements for this week because of a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said on Tuesday.
Queen Camilla, 77, had been due to attend the opening of the annual Field of Remembrance in memory of the country’s war dead at London’s Westminster Abbey on Thursday.
She was then expected to be at the palace hosting a reception for Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes that evening.
“Her Majesty The Queen is currently unwell with a chest infection, for which her doctors have advised a short period of rest,” a palace spokesman said.
“With great regret, Her Majesty has therefore had to withdraw from her engagements for this week but she very much hopes to be recovered in time to attend this weekend’s Remembrance events as normal.”
The palace announced earlier that Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, 78, would instead represent Camilla at the Field of Remembrance.
